Ezekiel 20:36:8Ezek.20.36.W8TAB
אִשְׁפֹּ֣ט
eshpot
“I will enter into judgment”
- Transliteration
- esh-POT
- Extended
- ehsh-POHT
- IPA
- /ʔeʃˈpɔt/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will enter into judgment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
esh-POT
- phraseyour reading level
esh-POT ET-khem
- clause
KEN esh-POT ET-khem ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
ka-a-SHER nish-PAT-ti ET-a-vo-TE-khem ba-mid-BAR E-rets mits-RA-yim KEN esh-POT ET-khem ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The adverb kēn {כֵּן | kēn} ‘so’ parallels the opening clause and introduces the imperfect form eshpôt {אֶשְׁפֹּט | ʾeš-pōṭ} ‘I will judge,’ shifting the action to the future and reaffirming divine consistency.
Root and etymology
Rootš-p-ṭ
“to judge, govern, decide”
In context — Ezekiel 20:36
Just as I judged your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:36:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:36, so the Hebrew word אִשְׁפֹּ֣ט (eshpot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.20.36.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.36.W8.S1) and character.